Gym
In only 2 leg days at the gym, having access to actual iron and more weight than my Bowflex allowed, I feel like my legs already are making greater gains than previously possible. The gym has no hack squat, standing calf station (which could be done on the hack squat machine if they had one) or seated calf raise machine. But there are enough other options and variations available to make up for it. (Oh, and no T-bar row station, but I’m talking legs here.) I was told today thatthe gym owner is pretty amenable to suggestions, so I think I’ll bring that up with him. There are stack selector Hammer machines, and a decent selection of Hammer-strength Free-weight machines, but I’m trying to focus on the barbells, free bar and Smith machine bar, since that’s what I couldn’t really get with my Bowflex. Then of course, the leg press and leg extension. Again, the leg extension machines (there are two, one with a solid kick bar, and one where each leg can move individual pads) are pin-stack, but good enough.
So, today, 5 sets full squats with free bar superset with calf raise on the Smith and 30 body weight calf raises, 4 sets front squats on the Smith supersetted with leg press machine calf presses, 4 sets leg press supersetted with leg extensions and seated leg curls. I stayed intense and took barely over an hour to complete all 30 sets counting the supersetted exercises. I expect to be a bit sore tomorrow and LOVE it.
